Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 12, 1910, Image 3
STATE RIGHTS "
Upheld in Two Trnst Cases by the Federal
Supreme Court
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STATE COURTS RIGHT
Pccldos that Mississippi Has I/rgal ^
' Right to Disband Dumber Dealers a
and That Kentucky Had the Right ('
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to Oust the Standard Oil from that
n
State. n
The hands of the State In their
M
fight against "trusts" were upheld ^
Monday hy the Supreme court of the ii
United States with telling effect. e
.The association of Retail Lumber v
Dealers In Mississippi and Louisianna
was disbanded by affirmance of ^
the decree of the supreme court of h
Mississippi and the Standard Oil 8(
Company of Kentucky was ousted
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from Tennessee by the approval of K
the decree of the supreme court of tl
Tennessee. Roth, the state courts c
had held, violated the antl trust act n
of the respective states.
Justice Lurton announced the opin- '
ion of the court in the Mississippi *'
case. It was his first utterance from (
the supreme court bench on the %
"trust" question. He said the members
of the association had obligated
themselves not to deal with any man- ''
ufacturer or wholesaler in lumber 8'
who sold to consumers in the localities
in which they conducted a busi- "
Bess sufficiently large to meet the demand
of the public.
He accepted the findings of the s|
state courts, and declared that it is si
an illegal, combination and conspir- 81
acy under Mississippi statute.
The proceedings in the Standard ir
Oil case were begun in 1907 under w
the Tennessee anti-trust act. The
charges against the standard originated
out of a transaction at Galla- st
tin, Tenn. The Standard of Kentucky P"
had oil storod in tanks in Tennessee,
from which it procured a supply to R
serve merchants throughout various ai
sections of the state. The Evansville P'
Oil Company of Evansville, Ind., sent ^
a salesman to Gallatin to sell oil. 111
He obtained a number of orders ,y
whereupon the agent of the Standard 03
Oil ofTered to give the merchants ten fr
gallons of oil per barrel to countermand
their purchase orders with the
Evansville oil company. Four of 8j
them accepted.
The Standard and two of its agents ^1
were indicted under the State anti- ai
trust act. One of the agents was w
oonvicted, but the Standard escaped w
punishment on the ground that it
could not be fined under the act, but *
could only be ousted. w"
Ouster proceedings were then hegun
against it, the charges being
based on the Gallatin transactions. ,
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The State courts issued an ousting ^
decree from which an appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States..
tc
Justice Holmes announced the cl(
opinion of the court. All the contentions
of the company were disposed
of favorably to the State.
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QUICK WIT SAVKI> THEM.
Men dlimtx'd Cable to Avoid Shock P
li
.is Elevator Fell. j]
Thanks to a rare presence of mind
Otto Herold and F. Howard, structural
iron workers, at Memphis,
Tenn., escaped what seemed certain
death with nothing worse than blistered
hands, while C. Porter, a fellow
worker, who was not so quick to
grasp the situation, was painfully, s<
if not seriously, Injured. w
Completing their day's lai>or near s<
the top of a 17-story building In d
course of construction, the three a
started to descend on a frail elevator.
All went well until the 14tli p
story was reached. Here something o
happened to the engine which hoists t<
the car and the elevator started a t<
rapid plunge downward. M
Howard and Herold, grabbing the ii
steel cable, started a climb against c
the rapidly descending lift, making t?
such headway that they were several ii
feet above the car when it reached
the ground. Porter clung to the car
and suffered several broken ribs and
was badly bruised, w.hile his two com- \
panionB were practically unhurt.
CONVINCING AHGl'MENT.
T
IjA*h Prove Efficacious in Georgia A
Convict "Strike."
o
The strike of thirty long term con- n
vlcts in the county camps, near Reid- >'
ville, (la., has ended, and their threat 2
to die before returning to work prov- s
ed baseless. Twelve able-bodied 1
guards, armed with whi|>s, gave the f
thirty men a sound whipping, and
> before the lashes had ceased to fall h
upon the backs of the prisoners the n
strike spirit oozed away. P
Supervisor Tuggle superintended "
the job, and it was well done. The ?
wholesale punishment was administered
Monday, and after it had ended
thirty men went to their work with ?
alacrity. They have promised net to 1
rebel again, , s
WANTED IT BADLY
IARK TWAIN WHITES ABOd
THE PENSION THAT
le Failed to Get Because He Ha<
Served as a Soldier in the Oon
federate Amijr.
A section chief In the pension bu
eau has preserved a copy of a char
cteristic -Mark Twain letter, ad
ressed to Gen. John C. Black, nov
resident of the Civil Service Com
lission, but at the time this com
lunication was received was com
lissioner of pensions. Senator Haw
sy had called up the case of Samue
lenients, a solJier who had dlBubil
ly from "rheumatism and son
vrs." innirroH In fho mlllinn.
ice.
When the pension was al!owe<
enator Hawley, in accordance wit!
he UBual custom, was notified. H>
md probably never neard of tbi
oldier, the request for a call up an<
he filling of an inquiry slip being
s a rule, a part of the duty of i
enator's private secretary. Whei
he circular from the pension ofiic<
aine under his eye he could think o
0 soldier named Clements.
He jumped to the conclusion tha
he pension was intended for hi:
riend and fellow citizen, Samuel L
lemens of Hartford. Conn., and ad
i??ed hint accordingly. The genia
unto; 1st said that there had been ?
ntixup" and inclosed Senator Haw
?y's note in the letter to Comnns
loner Black given below:
Hartford, Conn., July 8, '85.
[on. John C. Black, Commission?'
of Pensions:
Sir: 1 have not applied for a pen
Ion. I have often wanted a pec
on?often?ever so often?but, in
smuc-h as the only military service
ever performed during the war w.ai
1 the Confederate army I have al
ays felt a delicacy about asking yoi
>r it; however since you have sug
ested the thing yourself, I fee
rengthened. 1 have not any verj
?nsionable disease myself, but 1 car
irnish a substitute?a man who i;
ist simply a chaos, a museum ol
1 the different kinds of aches and
riiiB, fractures, dislocations, dismpers,
distortions, contusions and
aiformations there are; a man whe
ould regard "rheumatism and sore
res" as a mere recreation and reeshment
after the serious occupaans
of his day..
If you grant me the pension, deai
r, please hand it to Gen. Hawley
nlted States Senate?I mean hand
m the certlfleute, not the money?
id he will forward It to me. You
ill perceive by his postal card hereith
enclosed, that he takes a friendinterest
in the matter. He thinkt
have already got the pension
hereus I have only got the rlieu
at Ism, but I did not wnnt that?
had that before. I wish it were
itching. I know a man that I wouli
tad up with it pretty early. \V<
II feel that why sometimes. I havt
en the day when?but never mini
lat; you may be busy; just hand i
> Hawley?the certificate, you un
erstaud, is not transferable.
Very truly yours,
(Singed) S. L. Clemens.
Known to the police as "Marl
wain."
Gen. Hawley's postal card read
Dear Sir: I am informed that you:
ension is allowed, and 1 congratu
ite you. Very truly yours, J. It
lawley."
HAS TRAGIC SFQIKL.
irl, Who Kluped With Her Uncle
Dies in Childbirth.
Ida Markham, the 16-year-ol.i glr
siluced by her uncle, llilman iligh
ho has since been convltc^ 1 an.
antenced to the roads for six year
ied Sunday night in Wak*. N. C.
ftor becoming t.he mother of a child
The young girl is reported by he
arents as testifying in the lasr hc.ur
f her agony that High force 1 he
> yield to him at the point )f a pi*
>1. She was a daughter of I r
[arkham. a prosperous tobacco far1^
1 Richmond. The burial ta'teaen-l
r of Wake. The two eloped in Sep
?mber of last year and were cnti^h
\ Richmond.
DKCKMBF.K ANI) MAY.
n Old Man Marries Young Womai
in Romantic Way.
The Spartanburg Journal 6ay
'homas C. Galloway, of Gadsden
.la., and Miss iM. B. McCarroll o
.sheville were married in the parlor
f the Finch Hotel at 8:30 Tuesda
lornlng. The groom is about 6
ears old and the bride only abou
5. The ceremony was witnessed b
everal persons who were guests o
he hotel at the time. Rev. L. M
toper, pastor of the First Tlaptis
hurch. performed the ceremony. Th
ride came to this city Monday an
net the groom at the Finch Th
arty left immediately after the cerc
fjony for their future home In Gad
den, Ala.
?
The latest abuse of the cold stor
ge evil is the freezing up of al
he young cotton and corn in th
outh.
A LIVELY CORPSE
r WERE MOST AGREEABLY BURPRISED
ON TRAIN ARRIVAL.
j Went to Meet Dead Body of Rrotlicr,
but Saw lUin Get off Train Well
and Happy.
Through a misunderstanding in a
- long distance telephone message rel
atives of T. C. Chandlers of Washingv
ton. D. C., went to the depot at
. Wadesboro, N. C., the other night
. expecting to meet the dead body ol
. Mr. Chandler, and were most hup.
pily surprised to greet him well anJ
1 happy. T.he Messenger and IntelK
gencer tells the story:
e T. C. Chandler of Washington, 1").
- C., John W. Chandler of Virginia,
and R. W. Chandler of Mangum,
i Richmond county, are brothers. They
l are all getting to be old meu, and.
e though their paths through life have
? been divergent, they nevertheless,
i have preserved an unusual affection
. for each other.
1 John W. Chandler has for some
t time been on a visit to R. W. Chand2
ler at Mangum. T. C. Chandler ati
tended the reunion at Mobile and
reached Charlotte Saturday on the
* return trip. From Charlotte he tels
e phoned R. W. Chandler that he
. would pay him a visit and to m et
- him in Wadesboro. with a wagon
! Saturday afternoon to carry his trunk
? to Mangum. Mrs. R. \V. Chandler,
- who is slightly deaf, received the
- message and she understood the person
talking to say that T. C. Chandler
had died suddenly in Charlotte
" and to request that a wagon be sent
to Wadesboro to meet his remaius
that evening.
Immediately there was consternation
in the household and John W.
; Chandler at once made preperations
s to come to Wadesboro. He hired a
- team and reached town in time to
i meet the seven o'clock train from
- Charlotte. It was his intention to take
1 barge of the supposed corpse and
r take it to Virginia and deposit it
i beside the remains of his ancestors.
3 With this end in view he went to
r 'he express car as soon as the train
1 stopped and asked the express mes
senger if he had a corpse aboard.
1 The messenger answered in the negat
tlve. and while they were talking
> about the matter someone walked up
from behind and slapped him on the
- shoulder. Mr. Chandler was so overcome
when he saw his brother stund
ing before him alive and well, he fell
. on the supposed corpse's shoulder
1 and wept.
The good news was auleklv tele
i phoned to the grief-stricken family,
it Manguin, the brothers spending
the night here and joining their
brother at that place next day.
SAYS TKIUtV IS A DOOR
For Not Meeting the Pope Says Cutliolic
Arch Bishop.
Theodore Roosevelt's action in not
t meeting Pope Pius on the former
- president's recent visit to Rome, was
called insulting and a violation of
Mr. Roosevelt's principle of a square
leal by Most Rev. William H. O'Coni
nell, archbishop of Boston at a public
meeting of the American Federa:
tion of Catholic societies of the dior
cese, in Lowell, Mass., Tuesday. Jno.
- Callun O'Loughlin, former assistant
. secretary of state, who conducted the
negotiations between Mr. Roosevelt
and the Vatican, was severely castigated
by the archbishop.
SIX 1NBIUT.MKNTS SICiXKI).
Government Agent Pays Negress $12<?
for White Girl.
1 A dispatch from New York say*
s six indictments signed by John l)
Rockefeller, Jr., as foreman of Lie
special grand jury that has t?vrn in1
vestigating the traffic in women, *.-te
p made public Tuesday, giving the
r prices at which it is charged uin
girls were sold into lives of ainue.
The state will seek to prove :hat
Belle Moore, a negroes, accepted
$120 from George A. Miller, a gov*
eminent agent, for Belle Woods an>i
1 Alice Milton, little girls so young
r.nat they wept when they were parted
from their dolls.
KKOTHKK KILLS UitOTIIKK.
a ?
In it Family How Over the Boundary
s of Some I?un<1.
I Peter Kennedy, a prominent young
farmer who lived on Fair Forest
y creek on the line, between Union and
f, Spartanburg counties, was shot and
t killed by his brother, David Kenney
dy, Friday afternoon al>out 1 o'clock.
TVv.. ? V. "
, . suuuuug occurreri over a dis[.
pute al>out a land line. Edward
t Hayes and Peter Kennedy, brotherse
In-law, were disputlnR about a line
[j between their land. David Kennedy
e came by and took the matter up
>. He went home and Rot his pistol and
|. returned and '.mot his brother. Death
was almost instantaneous.
Teddy has worked off a Rood deal
II of hot air on those unsuspecting
e Frenchmen. It reads well, but Teddy
does not mean a word of it.
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STORK IN YANKEELAND
?
ALIEN RACES 8HOW MARKED INCREASE
IN CONNECTICUT.
i Rirth Rate Anionic Native Stock Is
in the Decline.?I>atlns U>ad ull
Foreign Races.
The report of the Bureau of Vital
Statistics of Connecticut indicates
that that state, once the home of
the New England Yankee, is becoming
a foreigu community. Study of
the tabulations concerning births re
veal that the native stock of the com- |
monwealth Is being overwhelmed by
the superior numbers of the invuding
races from oversea. Italians, Slavs,
and Austrians are beginning to tigure
prominently in the payrolls of Connecticut
factories, and they are also
raising crops and families on worn
out farms on which Yankees find it
difficult to provide a decent living.
The extent of the injection of imported
blood and the shifting propor- (
tions of new racial elements are ,
creating marked changes in the population
and the citizenship of Connecticut.
In its Connecticut rounds the stork
prefers to visit alien households. In
1908 there were 26.6,94 births in
the state. The num'ber of cases in
which both parents were foreign born 1
foots to 14,130, establishing a new
high record. The percentage of foreign
births in the past decade has
increased from 41.7 to 62.9 per cent. 1
Meanwhile the percentage o f birth
where both parerts are native born
has undergone irregular decline.
In other words the percentage of
purely American births in Connecticut
suffered a shrinkage of 7 per
cent, during the ten year period, '
while the ratio of purely foreign
births mounted 11.2 per cent. The ,
percentage of births when one parent
is returned aB native horn and the ]
other foreign born was 12.3 in 1908,
while in 1.2 per cent, of the cases ]
the nationality of the fathers and
mothers was not given.
The Italian race is supreme in the i
number of foreign children born in <
1908. Of the total of 14,130, just
4,4 21 were of Italian origin. Rub- i
sian born parents, most of whom are I
Jews, contributed 2,364 babies In '
1908. The decline of the immigra- 1
tion of Irish and German stock is also
noticeable. In 1899 the Irish led
the percentage. In 1908 that nationality
was third in the list. Slavs.
Hungarians and Canadians show an
increase in population, especially in
the manufacturing centers.
Twenty-six towns in Connecticut
show an excess of deaths over blrtJis '
for the year 1908. In most of these (
the old native stock predominates
and the infusion of foreign blood has
been small. In the rural town of ]
Andover, for example, three birth ,
certificates were filed during the
year. All the births were of American
parentage and all the deced- |
ents were American born. Of the !
1(1 births which occurred in the farm- i
ing town of North Stoningham in
New London county, all were from
Yankee born fathers and mothers,
while 2 2 out of 25 decedents were
native Americans. In North Tlranford,
to cite one more illustration,
eight of the eleven, babies born
during the year were of purely Amer- j
ican parentage and 17 of the 19 ,
persons who died were of native
stock.
ANOTKHR OEOIM1IA KILLINC.
One Prominent Farmer Shoots
Another About Oats.
A special to the Augusta Herald
from Milledgeville says Edward Napier,
one of the most prominent
farmers and business men of this
section, living 12 miles front that
city, was shot and killed by William
Deason, at an early hour Thursday
morning. Mr. Napier, who is an extensive
farmer, sold Deason a quantity
of oats last fall, about which
t>.e dispute arose and Napier went
to Deason's home to collect the bill
and a quarrel resulted. Hotii men
usee1 pistols, according to the re
port, and information at hand. Deason
is in a dying condition. Napier
is a member of a prominent
family and well known over the
state.
Furniture Factory (turned.
T.he Rameeur furniture factory,
located at Hamseiir, N. C., was entirely
burned by fire Thursday, the
fire originated in the dry kiln. The
loss is about $80,000 with insurance
of $25,000. This is one of the largest
woodworking plants in the State
and was operated by Mr. E. C. Wnt
Kins, as secretary and treasurer, who
had been very successful in managing
the business.
Name is Kyder.
"Mrs. John W. Snow of Savannah.
, (Ja.t" w.ho shot herself in the side
. wit-h suicidal Intent at t.he Hotel
Knickerbocker. New York, is Miss
I Kstelle Kyder. 22 years old, daugh,
ter of Chas. Ryder, a farmer, of Oss.
ing, N. Y.
I Act as tho you were the lendr
or of the universe and you'll ilud
. yourself in a forsaken corner watching
the parade go by.
The Chah of the Tsar.
Among the possessions ot the i?ni1
eix r of Russia in a diamond of grc&t
value, the history of which is as 10mantic
as that of the famous Koliinoor.
It is an Irregular prism in
shape, of the size ami nearly the
Umgth of the finger, and is called
the Chah.
This stone, which formerly belonged
Po the tiophi. was one ot the two etiormouse
diamonds which adorned the
throne of Nadirchah and was called
by the Persians "Mcon of the Mountains."
When Nadir was assassinated
his troasurc-s were pillaged and his
precious stones were divided between
ionie soldiers, who concealed U.exn.
An Armenian named Shulras, who
lived with his biotheis in the town ot
Bassora, was one day accosted by an
Afghan, w ho offered for sale a large
diamond, with a hundred c her piece*
ui k-js vault-, lor a small sum. Sayins
lie hid not Liie nets ai> lands toi
the purchase. Shatras asked the At
ghan to call again. The diamond seller
was evidently suspicious of Shatras.
for he disappear'd from the
town and could not he found for \4?irs.
At last the elder 01 Shalras* brothers
r-ame across him at Bagdad just af.er
he had disixised of his gems, 'lhe purchaser,
who was a Hebrew, refused
double the amount he had jvaid for the
stones, so the three hrothr^ conspired
to kill him for the possession of
them. When this had been accomplish
they followed the Afghan. po:soned
him and threw the bodies ol
their two victims in-'.o the Ruphrates.
Next the brothers disagreed among
themselves, and the eldest disposed
of the others in the same way they
had rid themselves of the Hebrew and
the Afghm.
Shatras next appeared an the courts
of Europe, offering his great diamonu
for sale. Catherine of Russ-.a (Catherine
11.) had the man invited to
court and put into communication
with the court jeweller. The conditions
offered Shafras were:?letters
Df nobility, an annuity of ten thousand
rubles, five hundred thousand rubles.
payable In tenths from year to
year. Shafras held out for six hundred
thousand rubles in cuY Count
Banein, who was Minister at the time,
launched the Armenian in a style ot
life which obliged him to contract
large debts, and when he knew Nhat
Shafras had no longer a sou with
which to meet them he broke off negotiations.
According to the laws of tie
country, Shafras could not leave tin
empire or even the town without paying
his debts, so his position was painfully
embarrassing. The jevsellt-r ot
tho court was prepared to profit by
the Armenian's distress, but the max.
was too sharp for him. He secretly
=old some inferior stones to his com
na riots, paid his debts and dlsap
[>eared.
u >v?a miiv ien years DPiore hi
was aguin heard from. Th?>ei he reap
pearrd in Astrakhan on his way to
Turkey. Negotiations were reopened
and Catherine became ixiesessor of th<
atones. The price paid was the letter*
;>f nobility, six hundred thousand silver
rubles in assignats.
Shafras, being unable to return ho
his native land, settled in Astrakhan
and married. Twenty years later hi
was poisoned by one of his son-inlaws,
who pained little by his death
Tor the immense fortune was soon dissipated.
Feveral of the prandehildren
are now living in Astrakhan in abject
pover.y.
The Profit in Graphs.
i n en h;isiast writes: "The grape is
th-_* poor man's fruit, especially one
v ho has only a house lot of the smallest
possible dimensions. lie eat.
piuait vines besade luis cottage and
their roots will extend and profitab!>
occupy every inch of ground underneath
It, and from that small spaci
prcxluee all the frui'l his family cat
consume, while the vines afford shadi
and protection and add beauty to his
little home, occupying no space, eitti
er above or below the gtound, to interfere
with other interests. ai.d pro
during more fruit in less time am.
with less labor and attention than anj
other thing that was ever planted."
Growing of grapes in gi aperies fur
nishes an important source of rev
enue in some eoun.riea, notably B< 1
gium and the Channel islands, when
large quantities are annually growt
and exported. The. United States i;
a good customer for them, as high a
35 cents to 7."? cents a pound wholesale
and to $3 ami even more a pount
retail, being paid for the fruit, drain
growing in pots is mucii pracIced i
parts of Euroi>e. and especially it
Krance, where the yine-s ai- largel>
used for decorative puri>oseH on festive
occasions.
Shipping and keeping grapes in cork
dust, is quite an industry in some of the
I&uropc&n grape districts. A consid
crable quantity of such grapes, ship
ped from Spain, is annually consumed
in the United States.
Gales are very rare in Rome, and
never blow with extreme violence.
The most striking peculiarity of tne
rt< man climate is the abseiuve of high
winds. The air is pure and clear, owing
to the almost complete absence
f?t smoke, even in the winter months.
The Bverage yearly movement of the
air is only five miles an hour. This
Is of enormous advantage in winter,
s ece the "tramontana" (north wind),
which is the prevailing wind in this
season. Is, if strong, decidedly cold and
bracing, but when under eight miles an
hotir is delightful for most people,
including invalids. The south winds
are essentially sea breezes. They frequently
alternate with the tramontana.
The sirocco (southeast wind),
which fortunately does not often blow,
is moist and enervating. It gives rise
to languor In most individuals.
In a small shop in New York City,
managed by a woman, flowers of wonderful
coloring are made from the
scai^s of various hah.
MANY ARE DEAD
As the Result of an Earthquake at the
city of Cartago, Porta Rico.
A FEARFUL DISASTER
, t
A Ijargo Purt of the City Was Destroyed
niul Five llundivd or
More People Were Killed, and
Many Hundreds More Were More
or Less Injured.
A dispatch from San Juan Del
Sur, Nicaragua, says a large part of
Cartage, Costa Rico, was destroyed
Wednesday night by a powerful seismic.
movement.
Details are very meagre, as the
| telegraph wires have b*en levelled
between San Jose and Cartago. The
operators at the latter place were
killed.
The dispatch says it is known that
at least five hundred persons are
I dead and many hundreds aie Injured.
Scores of buildings were
thrown down, among them the Palace
of Justice, erected by Andrew
Carnegie. >
iThe wife and child of Dr. llocanegra,
the Guatemalan magistrate to
the Central American Arbitration
| Court, have been killel. Panic reigns
>s t.hc earthquake continues.
San Jose has also been shaken,
some of the buildings being damaged,
but no deaths are reported In
that city. Some persons were slightly
injured.
Earth shocks were also felt at
srver.il points in Nicaragua, near tho
C-: sta Uican frontier.
Reports reaching .here state that
here is much suffering and destitution
at Canago consequent upon tho
disaster.
JOHN MATH IS FOUND GUILTY.
Slayer of l>r. C. W. Hickman Must
Serve Life Sentence.
John Mathis, a negro, was convicted
of the murder of Dr. C. r?r.
Hickman, at Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday.
The assassination of Dr.
Hickman has been a sensatloa in
Augusta for weekH. He was one of
the most prominent citizens of ?j?at
city, and a practicing physician of
note. He called at the home of Ms
brother, in Summervllle, on February
2, at night. leaving there, in
his return to his residence, a abort
distance away, .he was shot to death
and his |>ockets were rifled.
Among the articles stolen from
his body was his watch. Two tnon'hs
inter this negro Mathis, offered this
watch in pawn. With this ciue to
cuide them, the police threw a complete
chain of circumstantial evidence
about LMathis.
During tho trial the Court gave
:o the accused, as counsel, Kx-Con.ressnian
W. II. FW milig and A. L.
Franklin, a will known criminal
lawyer. These attorneys by evidence
in wdiich no name was mentioned.
set it up that a "in> sterioua
man" was seen to leave the scene of
(lie murder the night of the assassination.
The counsel held that tVIa "mys'.erious"
personage was the murder r.
in t.his way sultieient doubt was
raised to secure from the jury tho
recommendation to mercy.
THK WAt.KS OF SIN.
Fiend Killed II imself Because Ho
Fcuii'd Being Lynched. .
William Teet, a farmer who was
arrested on the charge of attempted
criminal assualt upon a young white
girl, committed suicide by shooting
himself. whilo b*ing taken in
a imikk.v "y .>iarsiiui scurs 10 nrooKvtlle,
Ky., for safe keeping. Marshal
S'ars, hearing that threats had
been made to lynch Teet, secured a
buggy and started with his prisoner
for the Rrockville jail. On the way*
Teet drew a revolver from his hoot
leg and shot himself through the
heart. Whether he had the revolver
on is person when Beached or secured
it later is not known.
Stove Kxplodes.
At Philadelphia Mrs. Yette Friedman,
GO years old, wiir killed Monday
by an explosion of w.hat is believed
to have been dynamite in the range
of her home. Several other persons
were injured and the house was badly
damaged. It is believed that the
explosive was placed In the fuel b7
enemies.
Agrees With Ilryan.
"I believe fifty per c* nt of the
I seats in t.he United States senate
can be said to have been practically
purchased." This statement was
made recently by former United;
States Senator Wm. E. Mason in an
interview in Chicago urging the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
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